BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Student-athletes in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) continue to achieve in both competition and the classroom. From St. Catherine, 54 student-athletes earned the 2024-25 Winter/Spring team from basketball, golf, hockey, softball,swimming & diving, tennis and track & field.
On Thursday, the MIAC announced its 2024-25 Winter and Spring Academic All-Conference honorees, including 1,418 student-athletes. Combined with the 870 fall-sport athletes honored in January, the overall total of Academic All-MIAC selections for the 2024-25 academic year sets a new Conference high of 2,288, surpassing the previous record of 2,135, established last June.
The latest Academic All-Conference list spotlights more than 1,400 examples of student-athletes achieving excellence without compromise. This is the fourth consecutive June in which the MIAC's overall Academic All-Conference list has exceeded 2,000 student-athletes. Seven sports matched or broke their single-season records, including men's track & field (203), baseball (168), softball (127), men's hockey (116), women's basketball (85), men's swimming & diving (65), and women's golf (49).
Additional sport totals included women's track & field (214), women's swimming & diving (102), women's hockey (95), women's tennis (66), men's tennis (54), men's basketball (47), and men's golf (27). For the full 2024-25 academic year, eleven MIAC sports matched or surpassed their single-season Academic All-Conference record, while six more finished within single digits of their all-time high.
To qualify for Academic All-MIAC status, student-athletes must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors by academic standards with a minimum cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Students must also complete one full-time academic year at their current institution before becoming eligible for the honor. An athlete must be a member of a MIAC-sponsored varsity sports team, be academically and athletically eligible, have utilized a season of participation per NCAA and MIAC definitions, and have remained on the sports roster through the conclusion of the sports season to be eligible for Academic All-Conference honors.
The 2024-25 MIAC Academic All-Conference honorees can be found
here, listed alphabetically by sport and then by institution. To see all-time honorees, please visit the
MIAC Academic All-Conference archives.
Basketball
Lainey Draack, So., New Brighton, Minn.
Hattie Fox, So., Osceola, Wis.
Emme Golembiewski, Jr., Gordon, Wis.
Julia Harmon, So., Nevis, Minn.
Maddy Manger, Sr., Presho, S.D.
Kaylee Miron, Jr., Dresser, Wis.
Kristen Oberle, Jr., Glen Flora, Wis.
Greta Schimnowski, Sr., Mahtomedi, Minn.
Maddie Young, Jr., Cloquet, Minn.
Golf
Emma Almquist, Jr., Richland, Wash.
Morgan Anderson, Sr., Joliet, Ill.
Paige Hillman, Sr., Hudson, Wis.
Katie Reeves, Gr., White Bear Lake, Minn.
Emmie Verhaagh, Gr., Eau Claire, Wis.
Hockey
Halle Dunleavy, So., Andover, Minn.
Anna Friendshuh, Jr., Cary, N.C.
Lexie Hagen, Jr., Tomah, Wis.
Paige Loidolt, Jr., Plymouth, Minn.
Raechel Painovich, Jr., Hinckley, Minn.
Ellie Skaja, Jr., New Prague, Minn.
Sarah Wangen, So., Austin, Minn.
Julia Wilson, So., Elk River, Minn.
Softball
Sam Aronson, Jr., Otsego, Minn.
Sydney Colbert, Jr., Richfield, Minn.
Taylor Graf, So., Prescott, Wis.
Lexie Hagen, Jr., Tomah, Wis.
Kylee Kohout, Jr., Woodbury, Minn.
Mayci Larson, So., Elk River, Minn.
Helen McKinnon, Jr., Farmington, Minn.
Sarah Posey, Sr., Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Natalee Sigfrids, Jr., Poplar, Wis.
Elizabeth Van Lith, Jr., Maple Grove, Minn.
Swimming & Diving
Natalie Chandler, Jr., Madison, Wis.
Maka Chikowero, Jr., Madison, Wis.
Clare Cook, So., Cedarburg, Wis.
J Dombroski, Sr., Arlington Heights, Ill.
Jordyn Grotbo, So., St. Bonifacius, Minn.
Ava Hacker, So., Woodbury, Minn.
Nicolette Harvey, Jr., Stillwater, Minn.
Ella Hochstetler, Jr., Coralville, Iowa
Mia Hocking, Sr., Commerce Township, Mich.
Charlotte Johnson, So., Superior, Wis.
Eloise McKeon, So., Columbia Falls, Mont.
Richanta Pollard, So., Minneapolis, Minn.
Emma Svendsen, Sr., Mead, Colo.
Tennis
Kelsey Dorr, Gr., Princeton, Minn.
Erica Wing, 5th year, Rapid City, S.D.
Track & Field
Abby Althoff, Sr., Maple Lake, Minn.
Gabby Bodin, Gr., Minneapolis, Minn.
Lily Harvey, Sr., Rochester, Minn.
Felicity Lamb, So., Webster, Wis.
Maggie Lewandowski, So., Maplewood, Minn.
Kaitlyn Peterson, So., Amery, Wis.
